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Speaker 1: Dah Welcome to Lake Gigs Live. It is Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: September twenty ninth, Year.

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Speaker 2: Of Our Lord, twenty twenty two, brought to you as

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Speaker 2: always by Academy Sports and Outdoors. We're about to hit

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Speaker 2: the road on Friday to head to Oxford, Mississippi. But

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Speaker 2: we cannot hit the road on Friday until we deliver

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Speaker 2: another jam pack show on Thursday, which is exactly what

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Speaker 2: we're about to do. Right now, we are high at

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Speaker 2: top A glowing a radiant downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Thursday night

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Speaker 2: means it's time to talk about the upset Meter. We

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Speaker 2: will not be fooled, not again after what they did

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Speaker 2: to us in Week one. We got about five or

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Speaker 2: six games to touch on there. I'm going to break

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Speaker 2: down the A and M Mississippi State game. Because so

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Speaker 2: many of you asked, where was the breakdown the other night? Well,

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Speaker 2: I'm going to deliver it for you because that's kind

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Speaker 2: of the way we do things around here. You ask

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Speaker 2: for it enough and we will deliver. Speaking of asking,

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Speaker 2: it's a rare move. But in lieu of the Late

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Speaker 2: Kick Extra podcast being on hiatus because it's the season,

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Speaker 2: we're going to open up the mail bag tonight. So

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Speaker 2: anyone who misses that old Late Kick Extra format, tune

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Speaker 2: in or stay tuned in tonight and we're going to

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Speaker 2: deliver it for you. All that plus Colin, what would

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Speaker 2: you say, like three or four more best bets we're

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Speaker 2: gonna add on tonight. By the time we wrap this

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Speaker 2: here broadcast, we will have three, five, eight, We will

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Speaker 2: have eight, nine, maybe even ten best bets on the

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Speaker 2: Roman Middle Express. And if we're not to ten by

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Speaker 2: the end of the show, we're gonna get there because

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Speaker 2: we got a very very large board.

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Speaker 1: We got a very large sheet of games that we like.

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Speaker 1: This week.

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Speaker 2: They're watching us in not Hoboken, New Jersey, but Hoboken, Georgia.

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Speaker 2: They're watching us not in Marietta, Georgia, but in Marietta, Ohio. Raleigh,

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Speaker 2: North Carolina, just the original, good old fashioned Raleigh tuned

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Speaker 2: in in Camerillo, California, is tuned in. I cannot in

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Speaker 2: strong enough terms stress to you that you need to

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Speaker 2: be following on Instagram at Late Kick Josh. We've got

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Speaker 2: Friday Night Lines coming up live from Oxford tomorrow night,

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Speaker 2: where we will be adding more best bets. If you

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Speaker 2: miss last week, you missed us going three and zero

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Speaker 2: on Best Bets.

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Speaker 2: Also, I've got like a pre announcement announcement here, probably

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Speaker 2: on the Sunday night show.

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Speaker 1: I'll be able to let you know. But remember how

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Speaker 1: we went on.

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Speaker 2: The road a couple of weeks ago in Auburn for

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Speaker 2: the Thursday night show. We'll be on the road again

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Speaker 2: next Thursday night, so lay Cake Live will be on

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Speaker 1: And as it turns out.

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Speaker 2: We may be doing some very fancy things with the

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Speaker 2: ever given Saturday tour next week. I don't want to

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Speaker 2: spoil it. That's for Sunday, that's not for Thursday night.

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Speaker 2: So let's dive into the Thursday night show. I'm just

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Speaker 2: telling you there's a lot going on around here because

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Speaker 2: of you. Thank you as always for that. Oh and

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Speaker 2: let's open our cold brew. When I opened the cold

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Speaker 2: brew on Tuesday night, a lot of you, it turns out,

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Speaker 1: I've told you I don't drink on this show or

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Speaker 2: The world are you drinking cold brew on the show

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Speaker 2: And you say you don't drink, Well, folks.

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Speaker 1: This is coffee. Colbrew coffee.

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Speaker 2: As as always, we make sure to turn the label

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Speaker 1: Shown on this program.

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Speaker 2: But it's delicious. It's so let's dive into the show

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Speaker 2: upset alert meter. Where are we looking who's pulling the

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Speaker 2: upset or who's just pulling the upset? This week, we

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Speaker 2: didn't cover Michigan Iowa the other night, as you'll notice,

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Speaker 2: because I wanted to save it for this because Jesse

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Speaker 2: have been back and forth all week about this, and

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Speaker 2: and he gave this a two on a scale of

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Speaker 2: I am giving it a seven because I know how

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Speaker 2: these things tend to go, especially it's the first time

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Speaker 2: giving up five point eight points per game, which is

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Speaker 2: it's a good number for a baseball team, To be

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Speaker 1: That's the stat I want you to pay attention to.

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Speaker 2: When they get top five teams in there, they just

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Speaker 2: You can either try and convince yourself drive by drive

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Speaker 2: just understand in totality how college football sometimes tends to work. Now,

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Speaker 2: I know that you're thinking like I am. Back to

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Speaker 2: the Big Ten championship game. That's the last time that

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Speaker 2: skull drug Iowa splattered them all over Indianapolis. Forty two

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Speaker 2: I think that's why this line is as big as

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Speaker 2: just watched this game too many times, and I've watched,

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Speaker 2: first time too many times into these kinds of environments. Now,

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Speaker 2: I think Michigan did get very lucky that Fox has

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Speaker 2: that's detrimental to Iowa. I still think that they've got

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Speaker 2: So I just respect the environment up there enough. I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna make that a seven. This one's not gonna be

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Speaker 2: pretty this LSU at Auburn. What are your thoughts on

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Speaker 2: spread is eight right now? Does anyone think the Auburn's

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Speaker 2: got a shot there? Because I don't, So I'm gonna.

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Speaker 1: Put the upset alert at three. I just don't see it.

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Speaker 2: I know all the fancy things to say about Auburn

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Speaker 1: They're just not. Or if they are, they're there.

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Speaker 2: But you have to have a minimum baseline of performance

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Speaker 2: that your team's capable of, and I just don't think

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Speaker 1: TJ. Finley likely not playing in this game.

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Speaker 2: You take that for whatever you'll take it for, because

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Speaker 2: it's not like they've they've exactly been revving on all

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Speaker 1: But if Missouri holds onto the.

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Speaker 2: If Missouri holds onto the ball last week, and if

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Speaker 2: So anyway that turned out the way it turned out.

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Speaker 2: What I want to know is if they score that touchdown,

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Speaker 2: if they win, what is this line? I think this

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Speaker 2: that's dumb because to me, there's no difference in the

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Speaker 2: Auburn team that will see this week whether they lost

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Speaker 2: last week or not. And so I'm looking at this

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Speaker 1: Money on LSU.

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Speaker 2: But boy, I'm thinking about LSU and I'm asking myself,

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Speaker 2: how many points do they need to win? I think

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Speaker 2: the number could be twenty. I think the number could

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Speaker 1: If you play Auburn straight up, twenty points may be good. Enough.

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Speaker 2: I mean, this same team, this same LSU team held

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Speaker 2: I know it sounds disrespectful, but it's just the way

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Speaker 2: the week, they've continued to split first team reps. According

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Speaker 1: Let's keep eyeballs on that. That's a really, really big deal.

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Speaker 1: So with West.

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Speaker 2: minus nine and a half. Texas just had that heartbreaking

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Speaker 2: here because they beat Virginia Tech last Thursday night. That's

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Speaker 2: the first little dynamic edge that West Virginia may have

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Speaker 2: You don't just press some magic button or jump in

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Speaker 2: and if it does, you probably see a little bit

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Speaker 1: I am mad personally.

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Speaker 2: We didn't jump on the total earlier because it opened

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Speaker 2: to sixty three now. I tend to think with the

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Speaker 2: weakness in the Virginia or West Virginia secondary combined with

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Speaker 2: just the overall fatigue in the second half you may

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Speaker 2: of points scored here. They can't afford to play from

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Speaker 2: behind in Texas, so they really really need a fast start.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes people say that, and I don't think it's true.

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Speaker 2: Like Tennessee did not need a fast start last week

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Speaker 2: against Florida. I think Texas kind of needs a fast

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Speaker 2: at a six. I'm a little concerned about Texas. And

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Speaker 2: notice I didn't even mention them being in look ahead mode. Ironically,

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Speaker 2: I don't think it applies here. I really think their

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Speaker 2: focus is on West Virginia and getting themselves righted. They've

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Speaker 1: Where you're in limbo. You're on the precipice.

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Speaker 2: You lose this game, your sub five hundred going into

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Speaker 2: You're getting an Academy Sports and Outdoors this weekend grand

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Speaker 1: Ten of you are going to get Chawlai this weekend.

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Speaker 1: What do I look like? Do I look like a Homer?

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Speaker 2: was held to three of fourteen on third down.

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Speaker 1: So here's the blueprint.

437
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Speaker 2: Own third downs defensively, get him off the field and

438
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Speaker 2: have your quarterback play the best game of his year

439
00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,840
Speaker 2: so far, that being Max Johnson for Texas A and M.

440
00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:52,960
Speaker 2: You do that, you got a good shot to win.

441
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Speaker 2: Sounds so easy, I'm telling you.

442
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Speaker 1: I just said that. It was so easy for me

443
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Speaker 1: to say. It's a lot different.

444
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Speaker 2: Also, it's the first true road environment has gone into

445
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Speaker 2: this year. Twenty four points has been enough against well

446
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Speaker 2: for every FBS team that's played A and M this year.

447
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Speaker 2: You score twenty four, as it turns out, that's good

448
00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,760
Speaker 2: enough for you to win. So can Mississippi State do that?

449
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Speaker 2: They didn't versus LSU. Can they do that? Mississippi State's style, unfortunately,

450
00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,960
Speaker 2: kind of cancels out one of the edges that other

451
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Speaker 2: teams have had against A and M. Teams have secretly

452
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Speaker 2: kind of been able to run the ball on A

453
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Speaker 2: and M. Mississippi State barely even believes in the word

454
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Speaker 2: run They certainly don't do it to a high degree

455
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Speaker 2: at all. So if they were to run the ball effectively,

456
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Speaker 2: it would be totally averse to whatever we've become.

457
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Speaker 1: Accustomed to with them.

458
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Speaker 2: But what they can do, or what they'll need to do,

459
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Speaker 2: is the same thing they did in this game last year.

460
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Speaker 2: Remember State went into college station in one last year,

461
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Speaker 2: and the reason was doing large part to Will Rogers

462
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Speaker 2: throwing it for four hundred and eight yards in three touchdowns.

463
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Speaker 2: Now AM's pass the defense is the best in the

464
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Speaker 2: SEC so far this year. So far, have they faced

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Speaker 2: a quarterback or have they faced an offense as uniquely

466
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Speaker 2: equipped to victimize you through the air as Mississippi State.

467
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Speaker 1: No, they haven't yet, But we've already.

468
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Speaker 2: Seen Mississippi State struggle to victimize LSU. Who's to say

469
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Speaker 2: that Texas A and M doesn't come in and shut

470
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Speaker 2: him out even more so? Anyway, those are the respective

471
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Speaker 2: challenges on the table. Here are a couple of wildcards.

472
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Speaker 2: The first is A and M's without Anya Smith. He

473
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Speaker 2: has gone for the year. We're pulling for him. He

474
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Speaker 2: had successful surgery the other day. He's out for the year.

475
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Speaker 2: He was their leading receiver. Evan Stewart's back. He needs

476
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Speaker 2: to have a big game. But Anaya Smith, I know

477
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Speaker 2: folks at A and M are talking about him, I

478
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Speaker 2: haven't heard enough national talk about him this week.

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Speaker 1: That is a huge blow for Texas. A and M.

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Speaker 2: The other thing to keep in mind as a wild

481
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Speaker 2: card is A and M very well could just totally

482
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Speaker 2: lock down the red zone defensively.

483
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Speaker 1: In this game.

484
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Speaker 2: Mississippi State needs to score on big explosive plays.

485
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Speaker 1: They need to get some sevens.

486
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Speaker 2: From midfield forty forty five yard line. They need to

487
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Speaker 2: strike through the air big plays. I don't think they're

488
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Speaker 2: gonna break off many big runs, but that's where they

489
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Speaker 2: can get it done. That's where the difference in the

490
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Speaker 2: game can happen, scoring touchdowns from outside the red zone.

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Speaker 2: Once that field constricts a little bit on them, I

492
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Speaker 2: don't necessarily like their odds as much.

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Speaker 1: Down there a lot of those crossing routes.

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Speaker 2: I think A and m's defensive front can be plenty

495
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Speaker 2: enough disruptive where those linebackers can just sink really aggravatingly take.

496
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Speaker 1: Away all those crossers in the middle.

497
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Speaker 2: And either just make you fade your way to scoring

498
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Speaker 2: or settle for threes and that may not be good

499
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Speaker 2: enough in this game. So let's take a look at

500
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Speaker 2: what Vegas thinks. Let's take a look at what the

501
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Speaker 2: model thinks. As I told you, the line is Mississippi

502
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Speaker 2: State minus four right now. And there was kind of

503
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Speaker 2: a spoiler alert already earlier this week because Mississippi State

504
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Speaker 2: is one of our best bets. Now we got them

505
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Speaker 2: at minus two, and you see why our model likes

506
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Speaker 2: Mississippi State minus six and a half. There are a

507
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Speaker 2: lot of dynamics here. It is indeed a look ahead

508
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Speaker 2: spot for A and M with Bama on deck. It's

509
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Speaker 2: their second road game in a row. Because when we

510
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Speaker 2: say road game, I mean did you have to get

511
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Speaker 2: on a plane to go somewhere? Did you have to

512
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Speaker 2: get on a bus for an extended period to go somewhere?

513
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 2: A and M played in Dallas last week, Arlington, to

514
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Speaker 2: be exact, and they're going to start bill this week.

515
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Speaker 1: They'll be in Tuscaloosa next week.

516
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Speaker 2: It is absurd, by the way, absolutely inexcusable that a

517
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Speaker 2: major college football program is ever on the road three

518
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Speaker 2: consecutive weeks. That's just me talking, Okay, so that's what

519
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Speaker 2: they gave us. I don't get to make the schedules. Unfortunately,

520
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,160
Speaker 2: yet that's what they gave us. We're gonna Mississippi State

521
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Speaker 2: to win. We're gonna take them to cover and if

522
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Speaker 2: that does happen, don't miss the Sunday show.

523
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Speaker 1: It's my advice. All right, let's open the mail bag.

524
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Speaker 2: I have gotten many complaints from you guys that we

525
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Speaker 2: haven't been doing the Late Kick Extra podcast.

526
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Speaker 1: Well, there's a simple reason for.

527
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Speaker 2: We're in the middle of the season right now, and

528
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,520
Speaker 2: the lay Kick Extra podcast is my favorite thing to

529
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 2: do and apparently yours as well. Well, it's just all

530
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,720
Speaker 2: mail bags, wall to wall mail bag. We do it

531
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Speaker 2: once a week and it's it's just podcasts. We don't

532
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Speaker 2: ever upload it onto the YouTube channel. Maybe portions of it,

533
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Speaker 2: but not all of it. Anyway, if you've never seen

534
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Speaker 2: us do that, just pay attention, cause here's what it's like.

535
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Speaker 2: PJ hit us up and said earlier in the I

536
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Speaker 2: don't know what that word is. No, I'm not saying

537
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Speaker 2: that out loud. Earlier in the word, PJ said he

538
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Speaker 2: made a bold prediction of Florida State winning the ACC

539
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Speaker 2: I remember this, he continues, You featured it on the show,

540
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Speaker 2: and you gave it a nine point twenty five on

541
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Speaker 2: the boldness scale. What would you give that prediction? Now,

542
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Speaker 2: we did a bunch of bold prediction segments and I

543
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Speaker 2: gave on a scale of one to ten, how bold

544
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Speaker 2: I thought the predictions were. PJ went off the deep

545
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Speaker 2: end in my opinion and he said, Florida State wins

546
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Speaker 2: the ACC. Well, here we are early October. Florida State's undefeated.

547
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 2: I think they've got a great shot against Wake Forest

548
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,880
Speaker 2: this week, and that would make them three to zero

549
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Speaker 2: in conference plays. So we're looking at Clemson and NC

550
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 2: State playing this week. Mind you, all of these teams,

551
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 2: all of the best teams in the ACC are in

552
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Speaker 2: the same division. Clemson, Florida State, Sarah huse sneaking around

553
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 2: the chicken coop there, undefeated, NC State, Wake They're all

554
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Speaker 2: over there in the Atlantic and the coastal is just

555
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 2: a cute, fun story, but the Atlantic is where the

556
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Speaker 2: action is. So we got Clemson and NC State playing

557
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Speaker 2: this week. Obviously you've got a conference loss there for someone.

558
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Speaker 2: I really like Florida State's chances against wake They are

559
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Speaker 2: one of our best bets.

560
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Speaker 1: We got them at minus five. The line is minus

561
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Speaker 1: seven now.

562
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Speaker 2: Certainly, if you were to predict them to win the

563
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Speaker 2: ACC given what we've seen, I would not put a

564
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Speaker 2: nine point twenty five on the boldness scale anymore. I

565
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Speaker 2: would still make it about a seven point five. Here's

566
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Speaker 2: the schedule. They are playing Wake this week. They they

567
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Speaker 2: go to NC State next week, and they've got Clemson

568
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Speaker 2: the week after that. So the next three weeks, boy,

569
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Speaker 2: that tells the tale really on Florida State season. Even

570
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Speaker 2: if they can go two and one in that stretch,

571
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Speaker 2: look at what they got the rest of the way.

572
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Speaker 1: They got Georgia Tech.

573
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Speaker 2: They go to Miami, No one cares going to Miami.

574
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Speaker 2: You probably outpace them in attendance down there at Syracuse, Louisiana, Florida.

575
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Speaker 2: I'm gonna get back to what I said about Miami

576
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Speaker 2: in a second. I'm gonna put this at a seven

577
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Speaker 2: and a half right now.

578
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Speaker 1: How does that sound?

579
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Speaker 2: A seven and a half, which will radically change one

580
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Speaker 2: way or the other once we see those next two weeks.

581
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Speaker 2: The odds to win the ACC right now updated as

582
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Speaker 2: of today, Clemson's the favorite. They're minus one forty. N

583
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Speaker 2: C State is next in line, as is Miami.

584
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Speaker 1: Jesse, Is that right?

585
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Speaker 2: What Jesse said for some reason, Okay, I am confidently

586
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Speaker 2: telling you Florida State has a better shot to win

587
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Speaker 2: the ACC right now than Miami. Odds makers disagree. But anyway, Clemson,

588
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Speaker 2: n C State, Miami, Florida State, those you were top four.

589
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,439
Speaker 2: That's gonna change because NC State or Clemson one of

590
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,120
Speaker 2: the other are going to lose to the other this weekend.

591
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,359
Speaker 2: And if Florida State is indeed able to beat Wake,

592
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Speaker 2: then boy, it's game on over there. So the next

593
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 2: two weeks will be like a shooting gallery in the

594
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Speaker 2: ACC Atlantic. I said what I said about Miami there,

595
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Speaker 2: about the home field.

596
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Speaker 1: I don't. I'm not a fan. I'm not. I was

597
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 1: talking to someone the.

598
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Speaker 2: Other day who played, who played well, played at Florida State,

599
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Speaker 2: but kind of back in the day, man, when the

600
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Speaker 2: Orange Bowl was still around. Even the rival players missed

601
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Speaker 2: the Orange Bowl. Even the rival players do. And I

602
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 2: was a kid growing up watching games at the Orange Bowl,

603
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:43,719
Speaker 2: not in person. I never got to be there in person.

604
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Speaker 2: But you look at that environment down there right now,

605
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Speaker 2: And if you want to tell me that one of

606
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Speaker 2: the things that needs to return about Miami football is

607
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Speaker 2: a better game day environment, I can't disagree with you,

608
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Speaker 2: But I don't know how you accomplished that, because you

609
00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 2: can't just clap your hand.

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Speaker 1: Whoop, Here comes the Orange Bowl back up from the dust.

611
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Speaker 2: I know they have plans down there, at least on paper,

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Speaker 2: for it on campus facility.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how feasible that is. I have no clue.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the story is there.

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Speaker 2: But when I say that about Miami, it's not because

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Speaker 2: I don't like Miami.

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Speaker 1: It's actually the opposite.

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Speaker 2: I wish what used to exist as a Saturday environment

619
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Speaker 2: down there still existing. All right, let's move on. This

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Speaker 2: is going to be unpleasant too, Sippy sip here. Things

621
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Speaker 2: are not all well in.

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Speaker 1: East Lansing right now, So before before we get a

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Speaker 1: little doomy and gloomy.

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Speaker 2: If you're watching the show live, please click the thumbs

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Speaker 2: up button and subscribe to the channel. Here's a question

626
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 2: from at grumpy old Sarge. He said, how are Mississippi

627
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Speaker 2: or not Mississippi State?

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Speaker 1: Here?

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Speaker 2: Colins start here in stem Sarge said, how are Michigan

630
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Speaker 2: State fans feeling about that big contract for mel Tucker

631
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Speaker 2: given the level of performance so far this year? Well,

632
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Speaker 2: I don't know, because I'm not among them every day.

633
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 2: But we have a fairly large contingent of Michigan State

634
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Speaker 2: fans who watched the show. They're not happy, but there's

635
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 2: a difference in being unhappy and being.

636
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 1: Against your head coach.

637
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 2: They're paying him a lot of money ninety five million

638
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 2: dollars over a ten year period, and hold on just

639
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 2: a second to carry the four space that is nine

640
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 2: point five million dollars per year. Didn't even need Status

641
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Speaker 2: Info to tell me that you gotta do better. I

642
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 2: think Meltucker knows that. I think everyone there knows that.

643
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 2: I think the fan base knows that. Now here's the

644
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 2: big danger in having a year like they.

645
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: Had last year.

646
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 2: They had a great season and it was well above

647
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:45,040
Speaker 2: anyone's expectation level, and the danger is that becomes the

648
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 2: new expectation period moving forward. And the reality is last

649
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 2: year's season, you know, eleven and two, that is very

650
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 2: much outside the norm for what Michigan State football has been.

651
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 2: It's very much out side the norm for what you

652
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 2: should reasonably be able to expect from them. Now, mel

653
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Speaker 2: Tucker and his staff they look at that and they say, well,

654
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 2: we're going to totally redefine what a reasonable expectation is

655
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 2: for Michigan State, that's all well and good. I'm speaking

656
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 2: outside of the mel Tucker era. Well, you go through

657
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 2: what you went through last year. You have really good

658
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 2: injury luck, you have good turnover luck, and those things

659
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 2: can change year to year. And the fact is they've

660
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 2: come into this year and they lost guys like Kenneth

661
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 2: Walker the third obviously, but also if you just change

662
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 2: some of those luck sort of indicators that you had

663
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 2: last year and you still can't run the ball and

664
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:44,959
Speaker 2: you're getting lit up over the top, you got some

665
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 2: of the same problems that you had last year. This

666
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 2: is what happens. You go to Washington and you get humbled.

667
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 2: You play Minnesota at home, you get humbled. Now, if

668
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 2: this were a programs starting from scratch and you didn't

669
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 2: see what you saw last year, then you wouldn't be happy,

670
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 2: but you wouldn't have that frame of reference. But all

671
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 2: of a sudden, when you tasted what it could be like,

672
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 2: and that feels like you're just going backwards now, they're not.

673
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 1: Happy at all.

674
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 2: But I think that there's also a healthy amount of

675
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 2: understanding that Okay, we're not quite going to slip into

676
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 2: this mold where our expectations are that warped. You've always

677
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 2: got to be able to bake in a bad season.

678
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 2: And this is where the newer age thinking in college

679
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 2: football I don't sort of align with all the time.

680
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 2: There's a newer age line of thinking that goes a

681
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 2: little something like this. Okay, it used to be that

682
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 2: every now and then you just have a seven and

683
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 2: five year or a six and six year.

684
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: But here's how we're gonna wrect by that.

685
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 2: We're going to eradicate that as a very possibility for

686
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 2: our program because we're just gonna pay our coach a

687
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 2: lot of money. Now, Tucker is who he is regardless

688
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:59,240
Speaker 2: of what you pay him. Michigan State football and the realities,

689
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 2: in some case limitations, they are what they are regardless

690
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,959
Speaker 2: of how much you pay your head coach. But the

691
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 2: more you pay the head coach, the more you think

692
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:12,560
Speaker 2: you can just microwave away those issues, and you can't.

693
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 2: So in some cases just warps what the expectation level is.

694
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,440
Speaker 2: But the reality is the guy is who he is.

695
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 2: I'm not saying that pejoratively. I'm literally saying Meltucker is

696
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 2: who he is. It's not like if I go from

697
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 2: nine point five million a year to eleven and a

698
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 2: quarter a year. He'll win two more games for me

699
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,120
Speaker 2: this year. No, I'll just pay him a lot more

700
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 2: money to do what he would have done anyway.

701
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Speaker 1: And I'm not sure.

702
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 2: I'm not sure locally, I'm not sure inside the Michigan

703
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 2: State bubble. How different the expectation is year of a

704
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 2: year for the program. I'm just telling you nationally right now.

705
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 2: Last year was great, but the perception is not that

706
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 2: Michigan State pulled right up to the table with the

707
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,680
Speaker 2: Ohio States and Bama's of world. There's still a ways

708
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 2: to go. You don't just apply one code of paint

709
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 2: or in this case, a season and all of a

710
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 2: sudden equal what they have in those places, because they've

711
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 2: got layers and layers and layers of paint.

712
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 1: They've done it over years and years and years.

713
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 2: They're just getting started at Michigan State. So that's the

714
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 2: way I look at it now. The question was how

715
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 2: Michigan State fans look at it. I think it's probably

716
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 2: true that because of what they're paying in a lot

717
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 2: of people think they reserve the right to not be patient,

718
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 2: and a lot of people reserve the right to you know,

719
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 2: have a little bit more microwave mentality about the way

720
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 2: they look at it.

721
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 1: That's your business, that's not my business.

722
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 2: I'm just saying I have not gotten what I would

723
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 2: expect from them, but I'm not shocked that I haven't

724
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 2: gotten it.

725
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: If that makes sense.

726
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 2: Now, if that aligns with Michigan State thinking, it's all

727
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 2: the better and it will be a lot more harmonious

728
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 2: this Christmas for you. But I'm not quite sure that's

729
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 2: the case. Next up, this is an interesting question here

730
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 2: college football playoff. We don't normally talk about it this

731
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 2: time of year, but this is an interesting question. Daniel said,

732
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 2: at this point in the season, do you believe a

733
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 2: first time team can make the playoff?

734
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 1: And if so, who so?

735
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,400
Speaker 2: Daniel's talking about teams that have never made the playoff

736
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 2: a la Cincinnati last year.

737
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 1: In Michigan last year.

738
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,440
Speaker 2: We had two out of the four last year that

739
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 2: were newbies, first timers. The first thing I think we

740
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,240
Speaker 2: need to do is remind you who's made the playoff.

741
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 2: Tuse some people, including us earlier today, some people have

742
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 2: forgotten that Florida State has made the playoff. It was

743
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,240
Speaker 2: way back in the day. First year actually twenty fourteen.

744
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 2: Oregon has made the playoff, Washington has made it, Michigan

745
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 2: States made it sincey last year, made it, Notre Dame

746
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,919
Speaker 2: a couple times, Georgia a couple times, so you remember those.

747
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 2: But I just want to remind you if I don't

748
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 2: mention Washington here because they've already made it, Florida States,

749
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 2: because they've already made it.

750
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: Who hasn't made it that's got the best shot?

751
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 2: Well, the current odds to win the national championship are

752
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 2: like this. Bama and Georgia are co favorites to win

753
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 2: it all. Ohio State's right behind them, and then there's

754
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 2: a big drop off and then it's Clemson at fourth,

755
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 2: USC at fifth, and Michigan at sixth. So five of

756
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 2: the top six right now would be repeat playoff appearance types.

757
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 2: USC is the only one that hasn't made it before

758
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 2: that's listed up there near the top of the odds

759
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 2: to win it all. So obviously USC has an opportunity

760
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 2: to pull this off because if they go undefeated, or

761
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,319
Speaker 2: if they just have one loss and they're the Pac

762
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 2: twelve champ and they're USC, it matters.

763
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 1: Trust me, they're in.

764
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 2: I don't have much of a question about that they're

765
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:48,240
Speaker 2: in if they win the Pac twelve with one loss

766
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 2: or less.

767
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 1: I think they're in.

768
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 2: Penn State is in an interesting situation. Let's say that

769
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 2: they've got a stretch coming up at Penn State where

770
00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,040
Speaker 2: they play at Michigan, they got Minnesota at home, and

771
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,760
Speaker 2: they got Ohio State at home. Check the schedule out.

772
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 2: Let's say they go two and one in that stretch.

773
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 2: Let's say they beat Michigan. Let's say they beat Minnesota,

774
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 2: they lose to Ohio State, and let's say that's their

775
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,279
Speaker 2: only loss, but Ohio State runs the table, so Penn

776
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 2: State can't go to the Big Ten championship game. I

777
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 2: would venture to think that a one loss Penn State,

778
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,719
Speaker 2: whose only loss is to probably the eventual Big Ten

779
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:26,879
Speaker 2: champ I think they've got a pretty good shot there.

780
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 2: And that's going to be a tough stretch to go

781
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 2: two to one against, especially with how good Minnesota looks now,

782
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 2: but not impossible. They've already gotten through a fairly treacherous

783
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,360
Speaker 2: opening start to their season. So I think Penn State's

784
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:41,720
Speaker 2: in this conversation Utah.

785
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: We've talked about them.

786
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 2: Utah has no margin for error, but Utah is still

787
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 2: sitting there at USC's got to come to them in

788
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:50,360
Speaker 2: a few weeks.

789
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,800
Speaker 1: I think Utah a one loss Pac twelve champ.

790
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 2: Absolutely in, especially because their loss is on the road

791
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,160
Speaker 2: to an SEC team and where they could have they

792
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 2: could have easily scheduled down in week one and not.

793
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: Lost the game.

794
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 2: So I don't think they're gonna be puished all that

795
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 2: much for that. The interesting team in this whole thing

796
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,799
Speaker 2: is Minnesota, because Minnesota is over there in the Big

797
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 2: Ten West, so unlike Penn State, they don't have a

798
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 2: bunch of Michigan's in Ohio states in their division. So

799
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 2: with Minnesota, man, they look ultra impressive.

800
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 1: They already went.

801
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 2: To Michigan State and got to win. And their schedule,

802
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 2: by the way, does not have Ohio State on it.

803
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 2: It does not have Michigan on it. Their toughest remaining

804
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 2: game is at Penn State. White out game. By the way,

805
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 2: at Penn State. I'm already dressed for it. And that

806
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:43,240
Speaker 2: is the twenty second of October. Elsewhere, if you're listening

807
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,239
Speaker 2: on podcasts, you start to realize how real this thing

808
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:50,880
Speaker 2: could get. They play Perdue this weekend double digit favorite.

809
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 2: They go to Illinois at Penn State. I just mentioned

810
00:37:54,320 --> 00:38:01,839
Speaker 2: Rutgers at Nebraska, Northwestern Iowa at Wisconsin. That team right there, Minnesota,

811
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 2: even if they lose at Penn State, they will win

812
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 2: the Big Ten West. They will go to Indianapolis, and

813
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 2: they'll be a tough out for someone. My question becomes this,

814
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 2: what if let's just allow our minds to wonder for

815
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 2: a second.

816
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:19,799
Speaker 1: What if they're undefeated and.

817
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 2: They go to the Big Ten championship game and they

818
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 2: lose competitively.

819
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:24,959
Speaker 1: To Ohio State.

820
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 2: What if that were to happen. What kind of shot

821
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 2: does Minnesota have? You believe that senence just came out

822
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 2: of my mouth on the show. What kind of shot

823
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 2: does Minnesota have? Minnesota's a good team, They're rated in

824
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 2: the jpeople, They're a good team.

825
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: N C State is another team.

826
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 2: They've got Clemson on deck this week, so we'll know

827
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 2: a whole lot more about them after that. So I

828
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 2: think those are the teams Southern cal Penn State, Utah, Minnesota,

829
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 2: n C State. None of them have ever made the

830
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,919
Speaker 2: playoffs before. Those are the teams that I'm looking at.

831
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,400
Speaker 2: So I still think we've got a half decent shot

832
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 2: at having some fresh blood in the playoff this year.

833
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,760
Speaker 2: The next question is a big challenge, Oh, huge challenge

834
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,920
Speaker 2: for me, And well, let's just take a look at it.

835
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 2: Danny hit us up, d A N I Danny, and

836
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 2: Danny asked question. A lot of you have asked, how

837
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 2: does Danny Canal have a platform? And we're not talking

838
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 2: about social media accounts. All you have to do is

839
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 2: start an account, and you've got an account. But I mean,

840
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,839
Speaker 2: Canal's worked everywhere. He's worked for ESPN, he currently works

841
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 2: for us here. He's does work with us all the time.

842
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 2: I do stuff with him all the time. He's on

843
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 2: Sirius XM he and oh Man Sorr. It's not because

844
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 2: of who we're talking about that I coughed. I had

845
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 2: a tickle in my throat. Canal's all over the place.

846
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 2: So he's got big platform, huge platform.

847
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: Big following.

848
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:50,000
Speaker 2: Played at Florida State, so so everyone knows Danny and

849
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 2: everyone's got an opinion on Danny.

850
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 1: Let me tell you one of the.

851
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 2: Biggest crushing disappointments of my life, biggest disappointment, or one

852
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 2: of them in recent memory for me, is when I

853
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 2: got to know can and I realized he's a good guy.

854
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 2: Because I didn't want him to be a good guy

855
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 2: because he's got horrific playoff takes. I mean, just within

856
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:11,359
Speaker 2: hours of us going on air earlier today, the man

857
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 2: said people need to stop complaining for them breaking into

858
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 2: college football games for Aaron Judge at bats at this point,

859
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure that he just gauges hardcore college football fans.

860
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,840
Speaker 1: Sees what they think, and then just takes the other.

861
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 2: Side for argument's sake, because there's no way that he

862
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,879
Speaker 2: actually believes some of that. But I feel the same

863
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,600
Speaker 2: way you do a lot of times when he says

864
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:32,320
Speaker 2: that sort of thing. So I wanted Danny to be

865
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,759
Speaker 2: a bad guy. So we've ended up doing a lot

866
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 2: of work together. We covered the National Championship together last year,

867
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 2: and it really really threw me for an emotional loop

868
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,840
Speaker 2: when I found out how likable he is. I know

869
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:46,319
Speaker 2: a lot of you don't want to hear this, but

870
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:49,719
Speaker 2: I've got to, in good conscience tell you, great guy,

871
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 2: stand up guy, character guy.

872
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 1: Horrific takes a lot of the time.

873
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 2: But if I could have met a jerk, if Danny

874
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 2: would just be morally bankrupt for me, that would have

875
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,799
Speaker 2: really completed the picture, because then I could just I

876
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 2: could just not like him period, But it really really

877
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,640
Speaker 2: messes with you mentally. Now I know other people who

878
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 2: feel this way too. It really messes with you because

879
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 2: you want to do what you just saw in this

880
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 2: highlight here to him. You probably can't because you don't

881
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 2: have the physical statue of some of those acc defenders,

882
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 2: but figuratively, sometimes you just want to clean his clock.

883
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 1: But then you meet him.

884
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,960
Speaker 2: And he's the nicest guy, just the sweetest guy, just

885
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 2: the most stand up dude, and you're conflicted and you

886
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 2: walk away and you have this puzzled look on your

887
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:37,680
Speaker 2: face and he still has that grin on his face,

888
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 2: and it just sucks. I don't like it, don't I

889
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 2: don't even like the way I feel talking about it

890
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 2: right now. So you know, every now and then, here's

891
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 2: what hurts me. Every now and then, Danie'll say something

892
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 2: like earlier today, you know, he said something about what

893
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,359
Speaker 2: a clossing up there at Wake Forest has been saying

894
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 2: about the environment.

895
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: They'll get down in Tallahassee this week, And I say,

896
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: you know what, I agree. I agree with that, Danny.

897
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 2: And then he gives us Aaron Judge take, and I

898
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 2: just tweet out the care beer suicide gift if you know.

899
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 2: If you follow me on Twitter, you know, and if

900
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,399
Speaker 2: you don't follow me on there at Lake kick Josh.

901
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 2: So I want to bash him, and sometimes we can

902
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 2: fairly bash him, but as a guy, unfortunately I can't

903
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 2: bash him. Pretty good, dude, let's continue. This was another

904
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 2: interesting question here.

905
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,320
Speaker 1: Joe said, what would a JP pole of the Big twelve?

906
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 1: Only look like?

907
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 2: There's more parody in that league than any league anywhere,

908
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 2: and I would love to see a JP pole around that.

909
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 2: This is a good idea, and we have the numbers.

910
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 2: So I figured, Joe, you know what, why don't we

911
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 2: give him to you the JP pole? Those are our

912
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:41,240
Speaker 2: own internal power ratings, and I put out the generic

913
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:45,439
Speaker 2: national version every Tuesday, and then I have to lock

914
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 2: the door from the.

915
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,240
Speaker 1: Torch and pitchfork crowd.

916
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,720
Speaker 2: But if you just filtered it for Big twelve teams,

917
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 2: how would it look?

918
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 1: Now? Remember the criteria here is not ranking.

919
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 2: That's why Kansas is going to be lower on here

920
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 2: than they would be if I were filling out an

921
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 2: AP pole ballot. But this is just a measure of

922
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 2: who would be favored against two according to our model

923
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:07,799
Speaker 2: on a neutral field. Tomorrow, Oklahoma we've got is the

924
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:11,360
Speaker 2: number one team. They're number eight overall nationally.

925
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 1: Texas is number two.

926
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 2: We have them eleventh overall nationally, Oklahoma State number three.

927
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 2: We have them twelfth overall nationally. Kansas State is the

928
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:24,760
Speaker 2: number four team in the Big twelve according to the model.

929
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 2: I disagree with that, but it's the model, it's not me.

930
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 2: We have Kansas State twentieth nationally. Baylor is fifth. We

931
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 2: have them twenty first, Iowa State sixth at number twenty

932
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 2: six nationally. TCUs right behind them at number seven. We

933
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 2: have them twenty eighth nationally. Texas Tech is number eight.

934
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 2: We have them thirty second nationally. There's Kansas at number nine.

935
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 2: We have them forty first nationally, and West Virginia is

936
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 2: forty third nationally. They're number ten. So what you can

937
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 2: derive from this is that computer model, even with how

938
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 2: good Kansas has been so far this year, it would

939
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 2: still favor nine. Well, I guess eight out of the

940
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 2: other nine teams in the conference over them. Now, if

941
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:15,080
Speaker 2: you want a good indicator of how accurate this is,

942
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:19,800
Speaker 2: Kansas plays Iowa State this week. Kansas is at home

943
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:23,280
Speaker 2: against Iowa State. Iowa State is a three point favorite.

944
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 2: So that tells you the Vegas types kind of think

945
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,040
Speaker 2: the same way we do about that. Now here's something

946
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:34,400
Speaker 2: else you should know. It doesn't matter. Kansas was a

947
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,759
Speaker 2: healthy thirteen point dog against wake Forest or not wake

948
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 2: Forest against West Virginia a couple weeks ago in Morgantown

949
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 2: and they just beat them outright, So you know, a

950
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 2: point spread matters right up until you kick the ball off.

951
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 2: So that is a jpeople of the Big twelve.

952
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 1: Right now, Colin, We're gonna do a cough right quick.

953
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 2: I'm gonna give you a three second countdown so you

954
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 2: can hit the mute button three two.

955
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 1: And we're back. Okay. A question about teams under the radar.

956
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,320
Speaker 2: It's probably a pretty good time of year to answer

957
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:09,879
Speaker 2: this one, and it was Ryan that asked. He said,

958
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:12,359
Speaker 2: who are the most disrespected teams? I'm not a fan

959
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 2: of that word in college football, but who are the

960
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,879
Speaker 2: teams flying below the radar so far? And I will

961
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 2: honor that part of the question by fifteen miles. I'm

962
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 2: going to break one of my own rules, and it's

963
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:28,360
Speaker 2: not even close. Mississippi State is the most disrespected team.

964
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 2: I'll even say that, and they're the most under the

965
00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 2: radar team. I went and pulled up the AP pole today.

966
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 2: I never look at it, and I wanted to see

967
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 2: where Mississippi State was ranked.

968
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 1: That was my first mistake. They're not ranked.

969
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,279
Speaker 2: Then I wanted to go to the bottom where it

970
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:46,719
Speaker 2: tells you other teams that received votes. Surely they'd be

971
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 2: in there. They put another thirteen names down there. Mississippi

972
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:56,200
Speaker 2: State wasn't in there either. So the AP voters have

973
00:45:56,320 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 2: Mississippi State ranked at the highest pay ninth and somewhere,

974
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 2: probably down in the forties. We've got them in the

975
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:11,439
Speaker 2: top fifteen in our power ratings. You clearly see they've

976
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:14,600
Speaker 2: already been favored on the road against LSU, even though

977
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,399
Speaker 2: they lost. Favored on the road there, They're favored at

978
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:21,239
Speaker 2: home this week against an M Again. Point spreads don't

979
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,680
Speaker 2: mean much of anything when the game starts. The reason

980
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:25,799
Speaker 2: I use that is because I'm trying to tell you

981
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,439
Speaker 2: those are odds makers that Vegas that you guys refer

982
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 2: to all the time, the guys in the desert, the ones.

983
00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: That you respect so much. They're also telling.

984
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,440
Speaker 2: You we think Mississippi State's a really good team. That's

985
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:40,319
Speaker 2: why we're favoring them in these matchups. So that's the

986
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:44,040
Speaker 2: first team like it's it is beyond me how they're

987
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:45,439
Speaker 2: not ranked at.

988
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: Least like top twenty twenty five. But whatever, I mean.

989
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 2: I've made my thoughts well known on the AP circus.

990
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:56,319
Speaker 2: So the next team's Kansas. Now, I just told you

991
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 2: I had em Power rated down near what forty, yeah,

992
00:46:59,239 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 2: forty first.

993
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,080
Speaker 1: But we're talking about ranking here.

994
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 2: If this is where I get to have fun on

995
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 2: the other side of the fence, because if I were

996
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:10,920
Speaker 2: an AP voter, I'd have Kansas in the top twenty.

997
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 2: They're four and zero and they've beaten some teams that

998
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 2: like West Virginia on the road a couple of weeks ago.

999
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:21,799
Speaker 2: That's an impressive win. They're just wanting its Duke at home,

1000
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:24,480
Speaker 2: so they're not just running up on FCS competition.

1001
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:24,840
Speaker 1: Guys.

1002
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:29,640
Speaker 2: They've won games at West Virginia, they went to Houston

1003
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:31,479
Speaker 2: and won, they beat Duke.

1004
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 1: You tell me.

1005
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 2: Right now what the criteria is for that AP and

1006
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 2: allegedly what it is is we're trying to rank teams

1007
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:44,839
Speaker 2: based on the season so far. If I put a

1008
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 2: Texas logo up in that box instead of that little

1009
00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:52,920
Speaker 2: jayhawk and we had that resume Texas would be a

1010
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 2: top ten team. You know it and I know it.

1011
00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:59,440
Speaker 2: So to have Kansas not even ranked with that resume

1012
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,879
Speaker 2: when all I'm allegedly going on if I'm an AP voter,

1013
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:04,240
Speaker 2: is their resume.

1014
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:04,719
Speaker 1: Is a joke.

1015
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:09,440
Speaker 2: It's insane. You know what, Screw it, They're being disrespected.

1016
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 2: Kansas is being disrespected too. Shameful, shit finger waged with

1017
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:17,160
Speaker 2: tumbo styles. Shame on every one of you except me.

1018
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:18,000
Speaker 1: All right.

1019
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:22,319
Speaker 2: Lastly, I think Florida State's underrated, underranked. Excuse me, They're

1020
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:25,560
Speaker 2: not underrated, They're always properly rated. They're underranked and are

1021
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:30,520
Speaker 2: they being disrespected? Maybe by Dave Classing, But I would

1022
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,879
Speaker 2: say that at twenty third in the AP pole, I'm

1023
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:39,000
Speaker 2: surprised because, unlike Kansas, FSU has a brand that matters.

1024
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 2: Unless we've got a bunch of twenty year olds voting

1025
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 2: in the AP all of a sudden.

1026
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:44,960
Speaker 1: I think that at four and oh, I would expect

1027
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: them to be top fifteen. I think it may be

1028
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 1: because they.

1029
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 2: Started off the radar so much, and at the time

1030
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:54,400
Speaker 2: in Week one, I don't think enough people respected the

1031
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:57,239
Speaker 2: win and the way they got it against LSU. Well,

1032
00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 2: LSU hasn't lost since then, nor had Florida State.

1033
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:03,000
Speaker 1: And so I get.

1034
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:06,640
Speaker 2: I don't get the AP mentality because you're not supposed

1035
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:11,000
Speaker 2: to bake your preseason thinking into your poll, are you,

1036
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,840
Speaker 2: But yet you do all the time. Now in my world,

1037
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:16,120
Speaker 2: in the power rating world, we do, but we admit

1038
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:18,719
Speaker 2: we do. So how in the world is it that

1039
00:49:19,560 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 2: I have Florida State power rated higher than the AP

1040
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:23,640
Speaker 2: has them ranked.

1041
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 1: I don't only get how that, ever happens.

1042
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:29,520
Speaker 2: They've beaten LSU, they beat Louisville on the road with

1043
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:32,239
Speaker 2: a backup quarterback in by the way, and then they

1044
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:36,479
Speaker 2: just drug Boston College last week. Now finally they play

1045
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:40,320
Speaker 2: one of your precious ranked teams this week in wake Forest,

1046
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:43,760
Speaker 2: even though Vegas would tell you they're below LSU.

1047
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: But I digress.

1048
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:48,240
Speaker 2: Maybe if they get the job done this week, maybe

1049
00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 2: they finally show up a little bit higher than just

1050
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:52,520
Speaker 2: twenty third. So I would go to Mississippi State, Kansas

1051
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:58,800
Speaker 2: and Florida State. We had to do something earlier this week.

1052
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 2: We had to go to t Head in graphics and

1053
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:05,080
Speaker 2: we had to tell him we need bigger noodles. Our

1054
00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:06,960
Speaker 2: noodles are not big enough. Community.

1055
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,520
Speaker 1: And what we mean by that of course is we

1056
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:11,080
Speaker 1: give our best bets out on the show.

1057
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:14,240
Speaker 2: And for a long time we had our little graphic

1058
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:17,960
Speaker 2: and it just had five blanks on it, and so

1059
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:20,799
Speaker 2: I would give the five best bets and.

1060
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:22,480
Speaker 1: Then anything else. I just have to tell you we

1061
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:23,560
Speaker 1: wouldn't be able to show it.

1062
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:25,759
Speaker 2: So we go to Ted and Ted said, I got

1063
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 2: new noodles for you, and he gave us a Rama

1064
00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:32,640
Speaker 2: noodle packet graphic with I think ten blanks on it, and.

1065
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:35,600
Speaker 1: You know what, we're using them all. So here we go.

1066
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:38,360
Speaker 2: These are the games we've already been on, so to

1067
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:43,799
Speaker 2: remind you where we've gone. Iowa plus ten, Mississippi State

1068
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:47,200
Speaker 2: minus two. Here's why we bet these games early. We

1069
00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:51,000
Speaker 2: bet Mississippi State minus two. It's now minus four. We

1070
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:54,560
Speaker 2: bet Florida State minus five. It's now Florida State minus seven.

1071
00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:58,040
Speaker 2: We bet Liberty minus two, it's now Liberty minus three

1072
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:01,000
Speaker 2: and a half. We bet Eastern Michigan minus nineteen and

1073
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,000
Speaker 2: a half. It's now Eastern Michigan minus twenty and a half.

1074
00:51:04,239 --> 00:51:07,000
Speaker 2: Virginia is plus two and a half. I think that

1075
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 2: when we could have waited on and gotten three, So

1076
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 2: my bad on that. But we think they're gonna win

1077
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:13,600
Speaker 2: outright all right. Time for some new bets. We've got

1078
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:17,239
Speaker 2: four of them that we're gonna add here. We are

1079
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:21,080
Speaker 2: moving on Kentucky plus seven. That's the game that we're

1080
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:24,240
Speaker 2: going to be at, and we will be there noon

1081
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:27,160
Speaker 2: eastern eleven am local kickoff. We just think it's too

1082
00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:30,560
Speaker 2: many points. We've got Ole Miss narrowly winning. I just

1083
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:32,400
Speaker 2: took Kentucky out right because I don't want to be

1084
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:34,520
Speaker 2: proven wrong by Mark Stoops again. I think it's gonna

1085
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:36,560
Speaker 2: be a turnover field game. So I'm gonna take Kentucky

1086
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:38,560
Speaker 2: in any points I can get. We want seven, not

1087
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:40,719
Speaker 2: six and a half. Give me Kentucky plus seven there,

1088
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:45,000
Speaker 2: that's widely available right now. NC State, We're gonna take

1089
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:47,720
Speaker 2: them and all seven points they're given us. That number

1090
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:51,200
Speaker 2: also widely available. I'm not done moving on that game.

1091
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:57,440
Speaker 2: I'm comfortable enough with the win profiles on the advanced

1092
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 2: models that I like the over here. It's come up

1093
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,080
Speaker 2: from forty, but I told you, if if we get

1094
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:07,120
Speaker 2: the weather that we want, that total is way too low,

1095
00:52:07,239 --> 00:52:09,080
Speaker 2: and it still hasn't come up enough to where it

1096
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:11,680
Speaker 2: should come up. So over forty three and a half

1097
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:14,800
Speaker 2: in Clemson, NC, State. We're taking over forty three and

1098
00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:16,400
Speaker 2: a half. We're taking NC State plus seven.

1099
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:17,399
Speaker 1: And here's a.

1100
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:20,799
Speaker 2: Little Friday Night special for you. When's the last time

1101
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:23,560
Speaker 2: you watched Middle Tennessee State play a game? Probably last

1102
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:26,920
Speaker 2: week they went and they beat Miami. They come home

1103
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:30,720
Speaker 2: this week and they are a four point dog against

1104
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:35,600
Speaker 2: UTSA two and two. UTSA and Rick stockstill is running

1105
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:38,160
Speaker 2: around Nashville, still talking about that Miami game last week.

1106
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:39,680
Speaker 1: God bless them, they got a big whim.

1107
00:52:41,239 --> 00:52:44,480
Speaker 2: I don't like them in the letdown mode on short

1108
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:47,759
Speaker 2: rest at all. So we're gonna take UTSA and we're

1109
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:49,839
Speaker 2: gonna get to use that little beet road runner logo

1110
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:53,200
Speaker 2: there UTSA minus four. Now, there are a lot of

1111
00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:55,200
Speaker 2: graphics on the board right now, so I'm not gonna

1112
00:52:55,239 --> 00:52:56,480
Speaker 2: read all of them off to you again. I'm just

1113
00:52:56,520 --> 00:53:00,200
Speaker 2: gonna tell you we're taking UTSA minus four in ES

1114
00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:02,640
Speaker 2: State plus seven and the over at forty three and

1115
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:06,720
Speaker 2: a half. We're taking Kentucky plus seven as well. Believe

1116
00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:09,520
Speaker 2: it or not, Even though that's ten games we've already

1117
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:09,880
Speaker 2: moved on.

1118
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:10,560
Speaker 1: We are not.

1119
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 2: Done at late kick Josh, make sure you're following on Instagram.

1120
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,960
Speaker 2: Does Friday Night lines by from Oxford, Mississippi, tomorrow night,

1121
00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:22,640
Speaker 2: pending Wi Fi access, which I know will have. We

1122
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:24,680
Speaker 2: are going to add more games. Got another total I'm

1123
00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:26,960
Speaker 2: looking at that we're waiting on. I got two more

1124
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:29,920
Speaker 2: lines that we're waiting on. Favorable moves on. They'll make

1125
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:30,640
Speaker 2: sure you check it out.

1126
00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:32,840
Speaker 1: Okay, we're out of here. Thank you so much for

1127
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:35,319
Speaker 1: taking time to watch tonight. Make sure you like the video.

1128
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 2: Make sure you subscribe to the channel. Make sure you

1129
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:41,440
Speaker 2: subscribe to the podcast. Our producer Jesse, director Colin. I'm

1130
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,360
Speaker 2: Josh Bate. We'll see you in Oxford, Mississippi this weekend.

1131
00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:46,520
Speaker 2: Until then, take care. We'll see a Sunday Night and

1132
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:46,960
Speaker 2: bed BLUs